Bibliograph

Until the last man comes home, POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War, Michael J. Allen

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Until the last man comes home, POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War, Michael J. Allen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Until the last man comes home

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

301705717

Responsibility statement

Michael J. Allen

Sub title

POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War

Summary

Reveals how wartime loss transformed U.S. politics well before, and long after, the war's official end, in a book where the author argues that the effort to recover lost warriors was as much a means to establish responsibility for their loss as it was a search for answers about their fate

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The politics of loss -- Go public : the construction of loss -- For us the war still goes on : the limits of homecoming -- As it has in the past : a short history of oblivion -- Fullest possible accounting : the persistence of the past -- The wilderness years : life after death -- Highest national priority : resurrection and retribution -- Not to close the door, but to open it : the ambiguity of recovery -- Conclusion: This thing has consumed American politics for years

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